They wouldn’t do it for North Korea. Maybe they are preparing for financial collapse. The markets are failing. Congress met in closed session last
year about this exact thing. They know it’s a real possibility. The 1000 point drop was real. It may actually happen this time.

Blair's resignation comes after a series of intelligence failures -- in the Fort Hood shooting, the failed Christmas Day bombing plot and the
attempted Times Square bombing.

President Obama already is interviewing candidates to replace Blair, according to ABC News, which first reported the story.

A retired Navy admiral, Blair is the third director of national intelligence, a position created in response to the 9/11 attacks.

Blair's tenure as the overseer of the nation's intelligence agencies was marked by turf battles with CIA Director Leon Panetta and controversial
public comments in the wake of the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt.

The enmity between Blair and Panetta is well known, one Democratic senator told Fox News.

Blair is described by some who worked with him as direct and straight talking. The approach did not always mesh well with the White House, where
increasingly, intelligence-related matters were being channeled to Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan.

In the last six months, attempted attacks on the United States seemed to underscore gaps in the system. Earlier this week, a report by the Senate
Intelligence Committee identified 14 "specific points of failure" that allowed Christmas Day bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to travel to
the United States.

The report criticized the National Counter Terrorism Center, which is under Blair's control, concluding the agency had the tools for the job but was
not organized properly to fulfill its mission. And with the post-Sept. 11 emphasis on sharing intelligence, there was a lack of ownership.

I do know for a fact that members of a certain unnamed army brigade in Iraq were brought back ahead of schedule, a month early, and they really made
them jam to get packed up and out of there. They should be arriving stateside in the next few days.

Obama declared a National Emergency last fall for the predicted flu epidemic...a declaration that has only been made six times in US history. It
required Congressional approval, and the press barely reported on it. But the Emergency has never been rescinded.

It allows him to immobilize troops on US soil at a moment's notice, without having to get prior Congressional approval, and also to declare Martial
Law on a moment's notice--and to disband Congress for six months. So its good to keep our ears to the ground for events like this, even if it
involves a few false signals.

It can't be constitutionally legal to halt congress for 6 months. That is a dictatorship, it would allow him to do whatever he damn well pleased.
Does this even disband the constitution for 6 months? I guess that doesn't matter, the constitution to them is disbanded 24/7.

Originally posted by TheOneElectric
I just drove through a military base in Georgia on my way home from my internship. There is no increased security, troop movement, or danger to be
seen. At least with my own two eyes.

What ever you lying commi loving pig!!!! Sorry, I got caught up in the moment.

Thanks for your contribution but do you think that really means anything? I mean if I drive by a warehouse that doesn't tell me there isn't a fire
brewing inside. Of course this isn't going to be panic and chaos outwardly on a military base. It is a military establishment after all. They can
keep cool in the most emergent of situations.

What exactly is a base supposed to look like in a prep for war or something bigger? People running around screaming?

I work right across the highway from a National Guard repair facility in Washington State. Have not noticed any increased activity here, it has
actually been pretty quiet. There have been times when there has been quite a bit of traffic.

Gold was down today. Believe me, if anything was really up TPTB would be buying that particular commodity big time. The US stock market has run up
tremendously over the last 12 mos., so a correction is not unexpected.

If this thread turns-out to be nothing, will we remember the next time??

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